Blue Note Records 12" Remix Black Plain Cover
On paper, it's a battle of the titans. The two most famous jazz labels of all time in a head-to-head duel, battling for the coveted spot of best back-catalogue dig-out and remix album. Blue Note Revisited lines up Jazzanova, Osunlade and 4 Hero to compete with Verve Remixed defenders King Britt, UFO and Thievery Corporation. But to judge this clash, it is necessary to look at the track record of both labels.
Verve's first Remixed album got a pretty bum rap upon its release, but time has done it a lot of good. It was accused of being somewhat superficial and over-polished, not managing to innovate the Verve classic with enough pizazz. But Masters At Work's excellent rendition of Nina Simone's See line woman, Rae & Christians nasty funk-up of Dinah Washington's Is you is or is you ain't my baby? and Joe Clausell's smooth roller dub of Nina Simone's Feelin' good are just some of the tracks that have revealed themselves to be more than just pleasant (although we prefer the upbeat house rendition of Feelin' good that was around a while back). Criticism of the second Verve segment was au contraire absolutely justified, as it fell into the same trappings that critics had accused the first volume of succumbing to. Blue Note ran into exactly the same problems with Blue Note Revisted's ill-fated predecessors, the DJ Smash remix compilations. So let's disregard these releases and pit Verve Remixed vol. 1 against this new Blue Note Remixed compilation.
Side 1.
"La Malanga"
1. Kenny Dope Remix 6:01
2. Kenny Dope Remix Instrumental 6:01
3. Bobby Hutcherson 4:17
Side 2.
"Los Alamitos Latinfunklovesong"
1. Bugz in the Attic Rework 7:05
2. Gene Harris 4:17
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